Photographer
Jeffrey M Fletcher
Posts: 4861
Asheville, North Carolina, US
Lisa Everhart wrote:
If you mean in my galleries, I just find a woman's body more appealing aesthetically. I am biased like that. I do know some folks who do awesome male nudes that I like o.k. but only Stein is on MS and he hasn't posted in like forever. No, not in your galleries or was it meant to address preferences. And you are correct that male nudes are fairly sparse on MS.
I was asking about the thread title and framing of the subject as a point of curiosity. It is, as I mentioned less common to be gender specific about the overall subject of nudes in an art context than it is in various entertainment contexts. Think about the phrase nude women and where you might see it. If I'm talking about nudes in greek sculpture or the body in art, 20th century nudes, etc. any of which might be common titles of books or exhibitions, it's not gender specific. Nude women is a term more generally associated with entertainment.
Preferences are an entirely different matter and all curators or spectators have those, often with some relation to gender.
Model
Lisa Everhart
Posts: 924
Sebring, Florida, US
Jeffrey M Fletcher wrote:
No, not in your galleries or was it meant to address preferences. And you are correct that male nudes are fairly sparse on MS.
I was asking about the thread title and framing of the subject as a point of curiosity. It is, as I mentioned less common to be gender specific about the overall subject of nudes in an art context than it is in various entertainment contexts. Think about the phrase nude women and where you might see it. If I'm talking about nudes in greek sculpture or the body in art, 20th century nudes, etc. any of which might be common titles of books or exhibitions, it's not gender specific. Nude women is a term more generally associated with entertainment.
Preferences are an entirely different matter and all curators or spectators have those, often with some relation to gender. O.K. I see. Well I titled it this because my galleries that I referenced and linked only include nude women...lol. There was no intent to belittle the importance of nude men to art.
As far as entertainment goes, I see your point and agree. I reckon there are lots of people who like looking at all different kinds of pictures of nude women just for funs.
Model
Lisa Everhart
Posts: 924
Sebring, Florida, US
FallenEcho wrote:
Oh hey look it's me! 
My taste in nudes is the same as yours.
Sadly I haven't posing as much as I used to and am falling out of it... Still trying to hang in there though with a few threads of hope left. I am a big fan.
Model
Lisa Everhart
Posts: 924
Sebring, Florida, US
Marcio Faustino wrote:
I don't like most what I find around. There are very few photographers and models I actually like to follow.
What I usually don't like is when there are more background or foreground and the model is just a detail in the picture. I like when the model is the main subject .
I also don't like photos that are supposed to be erotic nude and show too much.
I usually don't like when show the subject as object. I prefer when the subject is represented as human, with feelings and expression. Thank you Marcio. You certainly manage to embody your preferences in your own work. Kudos.
Photographer
Jeffrey M Fletcher
Posts: 4861
Asheville, North Carolina, US
Lisa Everhart wrote:
O.K. I see. Well I titled it this because my galleries that I referenced and linked only include nude women...lol. There was no intent to belittle the importance of nude men to art.
As far as entertainment goes, I see your point and agree. I reckon there are lots of people who like looking at all different kinds of pictures of nude women just for funs. Merely a curiosity about categories and presentation, I never perceived any intent to belittle. It's an interesting subject, thanks for bringing it up.
Photographer
Risen Phoenix Photo
Posts: 3779
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Jeffrey M Fletcher wrote:
David made some very good decisions, including technical ones that allow for uploading and viewing high quality image files. His editorial slant and outreach are excellent as well. It's pretty quiet over there and i don't get back to it as much as I should given the quality.
On another note, why the gender limitation? That seems to me to be one of the definitions that often segregates entertainment images from the fine art presentations. True , an upcoming issue of Model Society magazine will be doing a feature of my work including a number of male nudes, that many folks don't realize I shoot.
Model
Lisa Everhart
Posts: 924
Sebring, Florida, US
Risen Phoenix Photo wrote:
True , an upcoming issue of Model Society magazine will be doing a feature of my work including a number of male nudes, that many folks don't realize I shoot. Oh this makes me happy. Yay!
Photographer
Charles Howse
Posts: 693
Vero Beach, Florida, US
As usual Lisa, your curating is exceptional!
Photographer
Rays Fine Art
Posts: 7504
New York, New York, US
I just plain like women, clothed or unclothed, in person or represented on paper or canvas, in photographs or paint or marble. From the voluptuous, overstated sensuality of Rubens to the almost snapshot-ish simplicity of Jock Sturgis or the erotic coltishness of David Hamilton to the "Sex with a sense of humor" of the traditional pinup artists and photographers, I just can't identify a favorite style or method of viewing.
Model
Lisa Everhart
Posts: 924
Sebring, Florida, US
Charles Howse wrote:
As usual Lisa, your curating is exceptional! Thank you Sir Charles.
Model
Lisa Everhart
Posts: 924
Sebring, Florida, US
Rays Fine Art wrote:
I just plain like women, clothed or unclothed, in person or represented on paper or canvas, in photographs or paint or marble. From the voluptuous, overstated sensuality of Rubens to the almost snapshot-ish simplicity of Jock Sturgis or the erotic coltishness of David Hamilton to the "Sex with a sense of humor" of the traditional pinup artists and photographers, I just can't identify a favorite style or method of viewing. +1
Photographer
Frank Lewis Photography
Posts: 14492
Winter Park, Florida, US
Lisa, I have been enjoying this thread. Your threads are never boring and I appreciate that. Thanks...
Artist/Painter
Two Pears Studio
Posts: 3632
Wilmington, Delaware, US
So recently the nude figure has taken on a renaissance locally... I am in a nude figure show that was juried by jurors from PAFA...
Four or five local venues coincidentally are having figure shows over the next three months.
The show I'm in now had record turnout for the opening. The director of the arts organization who ran the show said in her 35 years at the helm, she had never seen such a turn out.
So for me... as a painter who works a lot with the figure, it is a pleasurable sight...
oh and last year, I sold almost as many figure paintings as I did all of the rest... this was the first year that has happen since I started selling my work.
Photographer
27255
Posts: 975
San Diego, California, US
Model
Lisa Everhart
Posts: 924
Sebring, Florida, US
Frank Lewis Photography wrote:
Lisa, I have been enjoying this thread. Your threads are never boring and I appreciate that. Thanks... Hey Frank. You're welcome and thank you too. I hope all is well up there.
Model
Lisa Everhart
Posts: 924
Sebring, Florida, US
27255 wrote:
Your choices are exceptional. Oh thank you. I try hard to find good ones.
Photographer
Justin Matthews
Posts: 1546
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Great topic Lisa
I'd have to say that my favourites to see and shoot are the nudes with unusual locations. I like to think that when people see my stuff that they are just as interested in the location as they are with the nude.
Model
Lisa Everhart
Posts: 924
Sebring, Florida, US
Justin Matthews wrote:
Great topic Lisa
I'd have to say that my favourites to see and shoot are the nudes with unusual locations. I like to think that when people see my stuff that they are just as interested in the location as they are with the nude. I am the same Justin. Landscapes, street scenes and around the house nudes are great I think. I swear I am going to get down there one day to see all you guys.
Photographer
Jerry Nemeth
Posts: 33355
Dearborn, Michigan, US
Lisa Everhart wrote:
I am the same Justin. Landscapes, street scenes and around the house nudes are great I think. I swear I am going to get down there one day to see all you guys. I recently photographed a nude in the desert when the sun was going down. It's beautiful!
Photographer
henrybutz New York
Posts: 3923
Ronkonkoma, New York, US
Nude photography used to be my favorite genre.
Then, a nude model pointed out to me that all nude women look the same.
Mind blown.
Photographer
Jerry Nemeth
Posts: 33355
Dearborn, Michigan, US
hbutz New York wrote:
Nude photography used to be my favorite genre.
Then, a nude model pointed out to me that all nude women look the same.
Mind blown. False!
Photographer
Risen Phoenix Photo
Posts: 3779
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
hbutz New York wrote:
Nude photography used to be my favorite genre.
Then, a nude model pointed out to me that all nude women look the same.
Mind blown. To me they are like beautiful snow flakes in that no two women look alike. They are the poetry of the Universe.
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